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demand is great, hence the supply. If the season is favourable, big profits can be made in spite of heavy taxes.
SUIYUAN
This province, under the control of the Christian General, has total prohibition of poppy cultivation, but whilst the army are not allowed to smoke either opium or tobacco there has been little restriction in opium importation from the neighbouring provinces of Shensi and Kansu. Suiyuan has not cultivated poppy, but other parts of the
The price of opium Northwest have done so under a tax of $12 per moit.
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is $2 an ounce, The amount has not been great and is intended chiefly for the idle rich. This cultivation in the Northwest is a because of the demand made for increased military funds. Opium sales and transport are quite open, and opium pipes and lamps are sold by small stall-holders on the streets.
SOURCES OF
INFORMATION
The whole of this investigation, is composed of verbatim extracts from letters of foreign missionaries of different nationalities, residing in the various districts and provinces, and The International Anti-Opium Association has simply edited them.
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